Killer Moon (Psychic For Hire 2)

“She’s a werewolf,” DI Zael says scathingly. “She doesn’t need a motive. That doctor-lady said her werewolf instincts overwhelmed her after the wolfsbane in her blood ran out. Maybe that happened the night of the murder too.”

“She wouldn’t have allowed it to happen. She would be careful about that. She even bought some wolfsbane when she came to Grimshaw’s.”

“If it happened once, it could have happened before.”

“It only happened because she was clearly being kept prisoner by someone,” I say, my voice high with frustration. Only sheer effort keeps me from calling him an idiot and worse.

“If you’re desperate for a motive then it’s men,” DI Zael says. “Men are what women argue over. Maybe they were fighting over a man.” He says this last part rather smugly.

“This is getting us nowhere,” Storm says calmly. His had moved away a few minutes ago to make a phone call, but I had been too busy arguing to pay attention. Now the look on his face immediately tells me that he has some new information. Maybe he asked Monroe to look something up and has drawn some sort of conclusion.

“What is it?” I ask anxiously.

“Rachel’s blood was all over India,” he says. “But India was hurt too. The doctor said she had a laceration from the knife, and yet none of her blood was found on Rachel.”

“That doesn’t mean anything,” DI Zael protests.

“Actually, it means that India did not get her cut during a fight with Rachel. If India had been cut while she was stabbing Rachel, India’s blood would have got onto Rachel. Even a small amount. But there was none.”

“So she was fighting afterward with the killer?” I say eagerly.

“Or she did it to herself to make herself look less guilty,” says Zael.

“Either could be true,” says Storm. “We need more information. We’ll question India again later.”

DI Zael huffs angrily, but he is unable to contradict Storm.

Storm runs his fingers distractedly through his hair. “In the meantime we’ll continue interviews with Charles Blair’s friends from the bar to see if any of them was involved.”

“Including Jacob Jabari?” I say.

“Including Jacob Jabari,” Storm confirms. “DI Zael, did your team get hold of the footage from the CCTV camera overlooking the parking bay where Rachel was found?”

“I said we are working on it,” mutters DI Zael resentfully.

“Prioritize it and send it to us immediately please. It may well have captured the attack. It’s critical to the investigation.”

How Storm manages to keep his patience while he says it is beyond me. I glower at Zael. I cannot believe he has dragged his feet when there could be a tape that shows the attack and puts India in the clear.

“And we need a guard,” I say. “India is going to need a guard outside her room.”

DI Zael looks at me like I’m mad.

“Do you ever think?” I say in exasperation. “Somewhere out there is a man who wants to shut India up. He doesn’t know she has amnesia. He is going to be worried about what she is going to say to us. We could spread the information about her memory loss to protect her.”

“Protect her?” says DI Zael in disgust.

“I bet the press is going to love it when it turns out she is innocent and you let someone kill her,” I say to him coldly.

“We’ll post 24 hour guards on shift,” says Storm.

“And me,” says DI Zael hurriedly. “I’ll make my men available.”

Chapter 14

DIANA

Now that India has been found, I am at a loss what to do next. If I’d had my psychic powers I would have insisted Storm hire me for this case. If he had refused I would have done my own investigation. But without them I feel useless and adrift. I had taken the whole morning off from work at Grimshaw’s to help with the case but now nobody needs me.